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Lincoln County, WI

28,426 Population
878.7 square miles 32.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,326 ±$1,428 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,164 ±$3,741 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.6% ±1.5% (2,955  ±425) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±1 (265,890  ±14,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,772 ±235 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (27,861  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.2% ±2.7% (536  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,327 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,700 ±$8,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±1.4% (2,517  ±383.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±3.1% (19,997  ±668.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±1.5% (4,239  ±333.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% (527  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±0.7% (1,619  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,619 Total veterans ±155 1,512 Male ±152 107 Female ±40

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